ᐅ Single-family home approximately 180 square meters – what are your thoughts?
Created on: 13 Aug 2018 08:54
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Hello everyone,
we would like to present our floor plan to you. It is based on our ideas and preferences and is an initial self-created draft. We are planning on a nearly level plot without a basement under the house.
What is important to us is easy access to the covered terrace, a parent zone that we can use even in old age, and the possibility to separate the upper floor from the ground floor quite easily.
We look forward to your opinions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Size of the plot: approx. 1000 m² (12000 sq ft) planned, layout still to be decided
Slope: slight inclination to the south
Site coverage ratio: 0.2 – 0.3
Floor area ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of stories
Roof type: no restrictions
Style: modern
Orientation: see attachment, south is at the bottom
Maximum heights / limits:
Further requirements
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, flat roof, shed roof or hip roof
Basement, number of floors: 2 floors, carport/garage with basement
Number of occupants, age: 4 people, 2 adults, 2 children, 3rd child not excluded
Space requirements on ground and upper floor:
Office: family use or home office?
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern construction
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen island, combined living and dining area
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: optional
Balcony, roof terrace: yes
Garage, carport: either/or
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included: we want the option to separate the ground floor and upper floor. On the upper floor, it should be possible to install a small kitchenette and a washing machine in the bathroom. The ground floor should also be well suited for use in old age. Covered/wind-protected terrace, easy access from the kitchen to the terrace.
House Design
Planning by:
- Do-it-yourself with suggestions from the internet
What do you especially like and why? Covered terrace, parent zone
What don't you like and why? Living room could be bigger
Price estimate according to architect/designer:
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 450000
Preferred heating technology: ground or air heat
If you had to give up certain details or extensions
- Can you give up:
- Cannot give up:
Why did the design turn out as it is now?
For example, a mixture of many examples from various magazines...
What is the main question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How do you like the floor plan? What do you consider absolute no-gos? I look forward to suggestions and critiques. Thanks in advance!!
we would like to present our floor plan to you. It is based on our ideas and preferences and is an initial self-created draft. We are planning on a nearly level plot without a basement under the house.
What is important to us is easy access to the covered terrace, a parent zone that we can use even in old age, and the possibility to separate the upper floor from the ground floor quite easily.
We look forward to your opinions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Size of the plot: approx. 1000 m² (12000 sq ft) planned, layout still to be decided
Slope: slight inclination to the south
Site coverage ratio: 0.2 – 0.3
Floor area ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of stories
Roof type: no restrictions
Style: modern
Orientation: see attachment, south is at the bottom
Maximum heights / limits:
Further requirements
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, flat roof, shed roof or hip roof
Basement, number of floors: 2 floors, carport/garage with basement
Number of occupants, age: 4 people, 2 adults, 2 children, 3rd child not excluded
Space requirements on ground and upper floor:
Office: family use or home office?
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern construction
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen island, combined living and dining area
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: optional
Balcony, roof terrace: yes
Garage, carport: either/or
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included: we want the option to separate the ground floor and upper floor. On the upper floor, it should be possible to install a small kitchenette and a washing machine in the bathroom. The ground floor should also be well suited for use in old age. Covered/wind-protected terrace, easy access from the kitchen to the terrace.
House Design
Planning by:
- Do-it-yourself with suggestions from the internet
What do you especially like and why? Covered terrace, parent zone
What don't you like and why? Living room could be bigger
Price estimate according to architect/designer:
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 450000
Preferred heating technology: ground or air heat
If you had to give up certain details or extensions
- Can you give up:
- Cannot give up:
Why did the design turn out as it is now?
For example, a mixture of many examples from various magazines...
What is the main question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How do you like the floor plan? What do you consider absolute no-gos? I look forward to suggestions and critiques. Thanks in advance!!
It’s such a large house with so many small rooms inside that it almost hurts at heart. It’s like a labyrinth! You can only reach the bedroom and bathroom through the walk-in closet? I would completely remove this room and instead enlarge the kitchen and bedroom.
The guest toilet is really very small; be sure to plan it bigger!
The distance from the sofa to the TV, max. 3.80m (12.5 feet), is too short... there won’t be space for a large sofa, and with a coffee table in front, it will feel cramped.
Of course, it has to suit your preferences, but consider carefully if you really want this box-like layout in the house.
The guest toilet is really very small; be sure to plan it bigger!
The distance from the sofa to the TV, max. 3.80m (12.5 feet), is too short... there won’t be space for a large sofa, and with a coffee table in front, it will feel cramped.
Of course, it has to suit your preferences, but consider carefully if you really want this box-like layout in the house.
For a first draft, not too bad, in my opinion. However, whether it’s really worth tweaking is questionable.
I would start by swapping the stairs and the utility systems, and then attach the laundry room to the utility area. That would at least make the separation easier.
What remains odd is the bathroom next to the terrace. It’s possible that one might go from the sauna directly to the pool or something similar. If not, usually the bedroom is located in that position. Also, there isn’t even a toilet integrated yet. So the question remains whether to continue with this or better consult an architect.
I would start by swapping the stairs and the utility systems, and then attach the laundry room to the utility area. That would at least make the separation easier.
What remains odd is the bathroom next to the terrace. It’s possible that one might go from the sauna directly to the pool or something similar. If not, usually the bedroom is located in that position. Also, there isn’t even a toilet integrated yet. So the question remains whether to continue with this or better consult an architect.
The separation between the ground floor and the upper floor is planned as shown in the drawing. We would like to ensure that you don’t have to go through the dirty area to reach the upper floor.
In general, the glass doors between the entrance area and the open space, as well as between the vestibule and the entrance area, have not yet been installed.
Regarding the bathroom: that is exactly the plan—a large glass front with a door to the terrace, so you can lie outside after using the sauna.
The plot is the last one, and a small forest begins just a few hundred meters away. So, we imagine it will be very pleasant.
In general, the glass doors between the entrance area and the open space, as well as between the vestibule and the entrance area, have not yet been installed.
Regarding the bathroom: that is exactly the plan—a large glass front with a door to the terrace, so you can lie outside after using the sauna.
The plot is the last one, and a small forest begins just a few hundred meters away. So, we imagine it will be very pleasant.
Who is supposed to live upstairs later on? Carrying dirty laundry through the living room in a new house is really a sign of poor planning. It’s also not very pleasant when the washing machine drowns out Mozart playing from the hi-fi system. You can’t build the wall thick enough to block that noise. Others simply add an extension next to the entrance for their appliances and technical equipment if there isn’t enough space.
If you are determined to design the house so that it can be divided into two separate living units, then Kaho’s suggestion regarding the staircase placement makes perfect sense.
Don’t rely on the assumption that no more construction will take place nearby. I know several people here who were still celebrating their unobstructed (!!) beautiful view just 20 years ago, and now they live in about the fifth row back... When those buildings were constructed, it was said: there will definitely never be any construction there!
Nothing is as certain as change.
Don’t rely on the assumption that no more construction will take place nearby. I know several people here who were still celebrating their unobstructed (!!) beautiful view just 20 years ago, and now they live in about the fifth row back... When those buildings were constructed, it was said: there will definitely never be any construction there!
Nothing is as certain as change.
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Grantlhaua13 Aug 2018 12:36kaho674 schrieb:
Others also just build an extension next to the entrance for the technical equipment and so on if there isn’t enough space...Or you could put everything in the basement under the carport if you really want the basement to be outside. That’s what my aunt did. The heat pump is located in the basement, which is only accessible via an external staircase.
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